Die Orestie
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Zeit Online
10/2017
Vergrelltung
Süddeutsche Zeitung
10/2017
Meucheln im Kuschelpelz
Spiegel Kultur
10/2017
Drei Axthiebe in der Badewanne
Hamburger Abendblatt
10/2017
"Die Orestie" zeigt Götter, Gemetzel €“ und Merkel
Team
Director
Ersan Mondtag
Stage design
Paula Wellmann
Costumes
Josa Marx
Music
Max Andrzejewski
Dramaturgy
Matthias Günther
Chorus / Singing rehearsal
Uschi Krosch
Sound design
Florian Mönks
Cast
Klytaimestra/Erinye
Marie Löcker
Elektra
Björn Meyer
Chaos
Thomas Niehaus
Aigisth/Erinye
Paul Schröder
Threnos/Athene
Cathérine Seifert
Agamemnon/Apollon
André Szymanski
Threnos/Athene
Oda Thormeyer
Orest
Sebastian Zimmler
Citizens
Marie Löcker, Björn Meyer, Thomas Niehaus, Paul Schröder, Cathérine Seifert/Oda Thormeyer, André Szymanski, Sebastian Zimmler
Chorus
Charlotte Becher, Lars Böttcher, Andreas Bracht, Johanna Maria Braun, Marianne Bruhn, Franziska Buchner, Martin Conrad, Meral Dere, Minou Djalili, Ines Eberlein, Marta Frankenberg Garcia, Clemens Heise, Pauline Jacob, Annika Janßen, Ev Joost, Regine Jungemann, Marja Kaiser, Norbert Kijak, Günter Kochan, Kasimir Krzesinski, Jens Kühlbrey, Dustin Leitol, Harald Lieber, Charlotte Lindig, Michael Pehle, Gratian Permien, Ann-Kathrin Quednau, Inga Renz, Helena Rowinski, Marvin Sawatzki, Judith Schwendiger, Michaela Tröster, Målin Uschkureit, Jürgen Weiler, Qiong Wu
Music recording
Trumpet
Richard Koch
Trombone
Matthias Müller
Trombone
Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø
Trombone
Gerhard Gschlößl
The theatre owes the first tragedy trilogy to the Greek playwright Aeschylus. A multi-part play with a cliffhanger and the question: What has happened so far? The Trojan War is over after ten years.
But the battles continue. In the first part of the "Oresteia", the returned Agamemnon, who once sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia for good winds, is murdered by his unfaithful wife Clytemnestra. In the second part, the triumphant Clytemnestra is killed in revenge by her son Orest. Orest is spurred on to the deed by his sister Elektra and by Apollo from the Greek heaven of the gods. In the third part, Orest is on the run, haunted by delusions. Fearsome Furies, the quarrelsome Erinyes, chase him. A showdown ensues when the goddess Pallas Athena intervenes. But contrary to expectations, Orest's case is about a very fundamental decision: what should the future look like after the murder of a husband, the murder of a mother and a path paved with corpses? Will the killing go on and on? How should the case be decided?In the surreal imagery of his productions, Ersan Mondtag repeatedly examines tragic conflicts and archaic constellations: "The central question in the Oresteia is that of law and justice. In my perception of the world, this is also currently a central problem in various areas, be it the economy, justice or humanism. The tragedy makes it clear that it is important to develop an attitude as an audience member." With music by Max Andrzejewski, in a version by Ersan Mondtag and Matthias Günther
Photo credits: Armin Smailovic
Time
21. October 2017 – 19. June 2018